Hamilton the Musical Fun End of Year ELA Reading Activities Middle and High

Based on our Hamilton the Musical vs. History, parody rap song, these middle and high school end of year ELA activities will keep your students engaged using song lyrics as a fun reading passage while they practice a variety of skills. Easily incorporate them into independent activities or complete them together as a class lesson.

Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics as a reading passage to complete the activities detailed below.

These activities are:

- no prep to save you time

- super simple and easy to use

- a high-interest reading passage based on a clean, school-appropriate rap song!

The song for these activities explores the life of Alexander Hamilton through the musical's portrayal in verse one, then compares the musical's portrayal to the historical account of Hamilton in verse two, separating the musical's facts from fiction. These activities are sure to engage fans of the musical and high school students in general!

*Listen to the song with the video preview above!*

Teach reading skills to your students in a way that they will enjoy!

Students love music and will certainly enjoy learning about how Hamilton the Musical compares to the true history of Alexander Hamilton while practicing important reading skills such as identifying the main idea and supporting details and using context clues with this rap parody. Additional activities are detailed below.

A variety of reading activities with the answer keys!

The activities in this bundle feature everything listed below. Click the links above for more details.

- the song lyrics for use as a reading passage

- a link to listen to the song with subtitles for students

- 7 multiple-choice, context clues questions with the answer key

- 6 multiple-choice, synonyms questions with the answer key

- 6 multiple-choice, antonyms questions with the answer key

- 6 multiple-choice, figurative vs. literal language questions based on the song lyrics with the answer key

- 6 multiple-choice, identify the meaning of figurative sentences questions based on the song lyrics with the answer key

- brief explanations of what character traits are

- a character traits graphic organizer, writing activity

- a word bank of adjectives to help students describe the characters in the song

- 7 multiple-choice, character traits questions based on the song lyrics with the answer

- a compare and contrast, paragraph writing activity with a graphic organizer

- 10 multiple-choice, compare and contrast questions with the answer key

- a compare and contrast, text-structure writing activity with a word bank of transitional words for student use

- a main idea and supporting details, graphic organizer writing activity

- 6 multiple-choice, identify the main idea questions with the answer key

- 3 multiple-choice, identify the supporting details questions with the answer key

- a "Main Idea on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will identify the main idea of the entire song using their main idea and supporting details graphic organizer

- a "Turn and Talk" activity that challenges students to identify pop-culture stories based on history and how they compare to the source material.

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